NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

For burst testing, a scaled LIFE inflatable habitat was filled with air until it ruptured as Sierra works to deploy a full-scale version to low Earth Orbit.

Building on good results of initial 4,000-lb. demonstrator RDRE engines, NASA says larger pressure-gain rockets hold promise for future space missions.

The road to launch detoured back to the rocket factory for an upper-stage modification.

Singer has held the director’s post since 2018, after serving two years as MSFC’s deputy director.

Ultimately, heritage hardware, not new technology, is the cause.

A hydrogen leak during qualification testing of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket upper stage was not due to a problem with the test stand.

NASA has terminated efforts to place its small, propulsively challenged Lunar Flashlight mission spacecraft into a backup orbit around the Earth.

A ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket was rolled out to its launchpad on May 11 for a final series of tests ahead of its debut launch, targeted for this summer.

Operating under unfunded Space Act Agreements, the companies will work for periods of 12 to 24 months.

The company expected to gain access to the test article on April 14 to recover the dome of the Centaur V test article for analysis.

NASA’s JSC is in line to receive the largest share of the agency’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2024 budget request among NASA’s 10 field centers and Washington HQ.

The test confirmed that a 3D-printed engine could operate for long periods at full throttle with a rotating detonation approach to combustion.

NASA’s Washington headquarters is in line for the most, $7.75 billion, followed by the Johnson Space Center in Houston with $5.66 billion.